SHOWS

Automatic Improv relies on suggestions from the audience to create hilarious, fast-paced, completely improvised comedy. No two shows are alike. If you don’t know what that means it’s kinda like Whose Line Is It Anyway except we are mostly unemployed.

Four Improvisors, Four Astronauts… Think Armageddon/Bad Ass space epic journey meets long form improvisational comedy! Everything you want to see in improv and SPACE!

Recent winners of Best Live Comedy In Atlanta, Cineprov! puts their hysterical spin on some of the biggest and worst Hollywood has to offer. Cineprov! is making fun of movies so you don’t have to!

Dad’s Garage is a casual theatre in Atlanta where you can get a drink, sit with your friends, and watch award-winning Comedy Improv and never-before-seen plays. Theatre in America is often thought of as elitist and Dad’s Garage is a perfect example of artists working to change that label. We do the kind of theatre we would want to see. Our improv shows are made up on the spot, our mainstage shows are all innovative and original, and our children’s show is the only one of its kind being done. When we’re on stage, there are few boundaries and hardly any rules. We believe in taking chances. The riskier, the better.

2011 Black Box Comedy Tournament Champions – Drug Money is a team of cut-throat improv thugs assembled by none other than Curtis Smythe, a seasoned veteran of the comedy trade. Watch out. Drug Money is gonna get’cha.

As the Fall season draws near, the nights grow longer and mere mortals flee the shadowy places where werewolves and vampires are once again on the prowl. Blood will be spilled, chests will sparkle, but virginity will be preserved at all cost when Dusk: Improvised Tween Erotica arrives in Atlanta. After a sold-out first run at the Salvage Vanguard Theater in Austin in 2009, the show was extended to include a multi-state tour, bringing the tales of deeply-conflicted, adolescent sexuality to Chicago and New York in 2010. Having received a nomination for the B. Iden Payne Award and placing 5th in the Austin Chronicle’s Top 9 Creative Arts Listing, the cast is now preparing to take the rich, guilty pleasure of everyone’s favorite vampire saga back to the stage.

Get ready to blast off into a Sci-Fi improvised movie adventure! Ground Control’s mission starts when they get an audience suggestion of the name of a science fiction movie that’s never been made before. From there, strap on your seat belt, roll down your windows, and hold on to your butts because you’re about to witness a one of a kind improvised movie spectacular! (Safety Goggles are optional, but highly recommended)

Listen up, ol’ chum! This is not your typical improv show, so look out! Expect clever and cunning costumes (we’re talkin’ full-out spandex and tights!), spectacular sounds and stunts, fist-flying fights, gullible Gothamites, heinous henchmen, vile villains, mystifying molls, and a certain delightfully daring dynamic duo! Deano Jones and Kaci Beeler star as Batman and Robin, in homage to the work of Adam West and Burt Ward. They are joined by an all-star ensemble cast. Round that out with a team of terrific technical improvisers ready to WHAM! BIFF! and POW! with lights, sound effects, and musical scoring – and you have an enlightening and invigorating evening of entertainment worth leaving your cave for!

Improv Playhouse of San Francisco members Tim Orr, Regina Saisi, Lisa Rowland and Dave Dennison return to BBCF for an unprecedented third year in a row. These renowned pioneers of improvisational theatre have amazed and delighted Atlanta audiences with engaging, epic stories full rich characters and compelling relationships. Standing ovations are the norm.

IMPROV! The Musical is Atlanta’s source for spontaneous, unscripted theatre performed in the Broadway tradition. I!tm thrills and amazes by using an audience-suggested title to inspire a riveting comedic story seamlessly woven together with live accompaniment, dance numbers, complex harmonies and catchy songs.

They are mercenaries who, with the help of the ever dependable DMV, discarded their previous identities. These soldiers of misfortune do not belong to any one affiliation, but are instead a movement for the people, by the people. Since 2004, they have been performing ground breaking improvisational comedy together with nothing but their wits and a crud audience suggestion. They are In Harm’s Way. Let them save you, too.

Laughing Matters is Atlanta’s longest running improvisational comedy troupe. We’ve performed for thousands of groups since 1985 and have been voted Atlanta’s best improv troupe by Atlanta Magazine! Let us get you involved in a great time! Laughing Matters is also the leading provider of interactive corporate entertainment on the East Coast! Troupe members and alumni regularly perform on stage and screen! Laughing Matters has also developed programs that have been used in product launches, national team building exercises, and award presentations. Whether you want to come see one of our public improv shows, book a private murder mystery, or help your organization communicate more effectively, Laughing Matters is your turn key solution!

Let’s Try This! is the offical theatre improv troupe of DramaTech. The troupe was formed in the summer of 1989, inspired by workshops taught by Robert Lowe, who has remained a constant source of help and inspiration to us. As our name suggests we will try many things, from games to short scenes to long-form to what-in-the-world-was-that? We have many directors with different styles amongst ourselves making our shows quite diverse, however we all share a common belief in being in the moment and making our partners perfect.

Maybe Sherman is a group of Upright Citizens Brigade trained comedians with a penchant for the Mafia lifestyle. They live large and deliver the funny. EVERY. TIME. MafiaProv is a fully improvised Mafia Saga based on an audience suggestion. The audience sees an entire bloody mafia family feud played out without censors or silencers.

Mock Turtle Soup is the official improv troupe of Clemson University. Formed in the Fall of 2002, MTS has provided Clemson and the surrounding area with 6 years of quality Short-form and Long-form improvisation.

Nobody knows how to do everything. Except WikiHow.com, that is. WikiHow can provide tips, warnings and step-by-step instructions for how to do ANYTHING. And armed with the random article button, Kit FitzSimons and Aaron Keck will show you just that: How To Do ANYTHING, as told by random strangers on the Internet that you wouldn’t trust with your kids but who you WOULD trust to tell you How To Outrun A Bear.

Over te Counter (OTC) is excited to showcase their unique style of short form improv comedy to entertain the Black Box crowd. With routines made up on the spot, audience participation games, and puppetry for adults, it is sure to make you laugh out loud, or if not that, maybe at least smile, or if not that, it’ll make you wish you were somewhere else!!! One of those feelings will occur. For the sake of the group’s ego, please work on your fake laughter until we see you in September.

Jay Revis and Craig Zeiss explore life’s circumstances through improv, searching for the meaning, purpose, and honesty that lies in the human condition. Through this exploration, they expose the inherent humor in everything that makes us human.

The Sunday Group is the flagship long-form troupe of Theatre Strike Force. TSF is the premier improvisation and sketch comedy group at the University of Florida and performs shows on campus every semester for students and organizations. Additionally, the Sunday Group travels to regional festivals throughout the southeast and has competed in the College Improv Tournament for the past 3 years. They’ve gone on to compete in the CIT Nationals in Chicago from the Southeast Region for the last 2 years

What weighs 875 pounds, is 23 and a half feet tall, and full of chuckles? Three Men and a Little Lady! With a white board full of your suggestions and minds full of wit, Three Men and a Little Lady are out to make you laugh! Join David Appleton, Jason Groce, Betsy Harper and Tommy Hutchins as they prove that comedy really does come in all sizes. And who said size doesn’t matter?

Diversity is the key to 2Girls3Eyes. Our lives range from lawyers, engineers, recruiters and event planners to baristas, writers, vending machine franchisees, and mortal combat champions – and that’s when we’re not improv’ing!! 2G3E is a troupe of friends who fulfill dreams together and support each other. The strength in their friendship is seen through scene-work which will pull at your heart strings and tickle your funny bone!!

The Village Theatre is a professional improv comedy theatre based in Atlanta. Our improv comedy troupe has been performing together for over a decade in and around ATL. We perform long and short form improv comedy and have shows Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8:30 pm. Tickets are only which provides Atlantans with a very affordable evening of outrageous entertainment. We also offer improv classes, workshops and private shows. Visit villagecomedy.com